CTF dumped in favor of new, larger, multiplatform fund, Minister Moore announces (corrected version)

TORONTO – Getting funding to make television in Canada is about to get a whole lot different. Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore announced today the Canadian Media Fund, a combination of the existing Canadian Television Fund and the Canadian New Media Fund. The new fund, according to the Minister will be “reformed and rebranded” through a radically different partnership with the groups who provide the funding (government, DTH, cable and telco TV providers) and those who spend it (the production community). Its mandate will be to ensure the production of quality content and to make it available on multiple platforms....